The Senate hearings these past three days were dramatic, aggravating,
incrediblle,
and even comical. There are a number of Members I would like to send "cruising"
(below deck! with long oars in their hands)on the famed PD ship/boat.
I thought you may be interested in some data to add to your ever-growing
advocacy
tool-kit.
Margaret
S. Amdt. 1074 - McCain/Wellstone amendment to S. 1061
(Purpose: To provide for the establishment of a program for research
and training with respect to Parkinson's disease)
Rollcall results:
YEAS--95
NAYS--3 - Enzi, Ashcroft, Jeffords
NOT VOTING--2 - Inouye, Murkowski
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S. Amdt. 1077 - COATS (AND NICKLES) AMENDMENT NO. 1077 to S. 1061
Mr. COATS (for himself and Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the
bill, S. 1061, supra; as follows:
At the end of the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. . Limitaton on Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the amounts subject to the
provision of subsection (e) of the Morris K. Udall
Parkinson's Research Act of 1997'' may be expended for any
research that utilizes human fetal tissue, cells, or organs
that are obtained from a living or dead embryo or fetus
during or after an induced abortion. This subsection does not
apply to human fetal tissue, cells, or organs that are
obtained from a spontaneous abortion or an ectopic pregnancy.
Rollcall Results:
YEAS--38
Abraham, Allard, Ashcroft, Bennett, Bond, Brownback, Burns,
Coats, Coverdell, Craig, D'Amato, DeWine, Domenici, Enzi,
Faircloth, Frist, Gorton, Gramm, Grams, Grassley, Gregg,
Hagel,Hatch, Helms, Hutchinson, Hutchison, Inhofe, Kempthorne,
Kyl, Lott, Nickles, Roberts, Santorum,Sessions, Shelby,Smith (NH),
Thomas, Thompson
NAYS--60
Akaka,Baucus, Biden,Bingaman, Boxer, Breaux, Bryan, Bumpers,Byrd,Campbell,
Cleland, Cochran, Collins, Conrad, Daschle, Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin,
Feingold,Feinstein,Ford,Glenn, Graham, Harkin, Hollings,Inouye,Jeffords,
Johnson,Kennedy, Kerrey, Kerry, Kohl,Landrieu, Lautenberg,Leahy,Levin,
Lieberman,Lugar,Mack,McCain,McConnell,Mikulski,Moseley-Braun, Moynihan,
Murray, Reed,Reid,Robb, Rockefeller, Roth,Sarbanes,Smith (OR),Snowe,
Specter,Stevens, Thurmond,Torricelli,Warner,Wellstone, Wyden
NOT VOTING--2
Chafee, Murkowski
THE AMENDMENT (NO. 1077) WAS REJECTED
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AMENDMENT NO. 1075
The Senator from Indiana [Mr. Coats], for himself and Mr.
Frist, proposes an amendment numbered 1075.
Mr. COATS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further
reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The amendment is as follows:
On page 49, after line 26, add the following:
comprehensive independent study of nih research priority setting
Sec. . (a) Study by the Institute of Medicine.--Not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall enter into a
contract with the Institute of Medicine to conduct a
comprehensive study of the policies and process used by the
National Institutes of Health to determine funding
allocations for biomedical research.
(b) Matters To Be Assessed.--The study under subsection (a)
shall assess--
(1) the factors or criteria used by the National Institutes
of Health to determine funding allocations for disease
research;
(2) the process by which research funding decisions are
made;
(3) the mechanisms for public input into the priority
setting process; and
(4) the impact of statutory directives on research funding
decisions.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date on
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services enters into
the contract under subsection (a), the Institute of Medicine
shall submit a report concerning the study to the Committee
on Labor and Human Resources and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Commerce
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Requirement.--The report under paragraph (1) shall set
forth the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the
Institute of Medicine for improvements in the National
Institutes of Health research funding policies and processes
and for any necessary congressional action.
(d) Funding.--Of the amount appropriated in this title for
the National Institutes of Health, $300,000 shall be made
available for the study and report under this section.
Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, the amendment offered by the
distinguished Senator from Indiana is acceptable to this side of the
aisle. It calls for a study which I think is well-founded, and we are
prepared to accept it.
I commend my colleague from Indiana for offering the amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to amendment
numbered 1075, offered by the Senator from Indiana.
The amendment (No. 1075) was agreed to.
Note:
Source: S.Amdmt 1074, 1075
[Congressional Record: September 3, 1997 (Senate)]
[Page S8710-S8720]
>From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr03se97-158]
Source: S. Amdmt 1077
[Congressional Record: September 4, 1997 (Senate)
[Page S8772-S8782]
>From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:cr04se97-135]
At 09:58 AM 9/6/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Did Kyl abstain or vote "aye?" (Where's the list?)
>
>Ironic, Enzi r eplaced Simpson, one of Udall's more glorious champions,
>whose support came from watching his father die of the disease, who openly
>wept before 2,000 at a Udall tribute here a few years back. Such are the
>vagaries of life.
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Margaret Tuchman (55yrs, Dx 1980)- NJ-08540
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